Electron Forge vs makeself
| Electron Forge | makeself | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Target platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Linux; macOS; Windows via Cygwin or WSL; Solaris; HP-UX; AIX; FreeBSD; OpenBSD; NetBSD; IRIX; UnicOS/Cray |
| Output formats | Squirrel.Windows, ZIP, DEB, RPM, DMG, AppX, Flatpak | Self-extracting shell archives; compressed TAR; .run; .sh |
| Command-line packaging | Yes | Yes |
| Auto-update support | Yes | — |
| CI/CD integration | Yes | — |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Software Packaging Tools. On Everything Xiaomi, Electron Forge scores higher on our published basis.